[PATCH v4 05/17] module: Switch load_info::len to size_t

[Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)]

Le 13/01/2026 à 13:28, Thomas Weißschuh a écrit :
> Switching the types will make some later changes cleaner.
> size_t is also the semantically correct type for this field.
> 
> As both 'size_t' and 'unsigned int' are always the same size, this
> should be risk-free.

Are you sure ?

Some architectures have size_t as 'unsigned int', some have 'unsigned 
long', some have 'unsigned long long'

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc5/source/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/posix_types.h#L16
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc5/source/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/posix_types.h#L35
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc5/source/arch/xtensa/include/uapi/asm/posix_types.h#L26
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc5/source/include/uapi/asm-generic/posix_types.h#L68
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc5/source/include/uapi/asm-generic/posix_types.h#L72
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc5/source/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/posix_types.h#L23
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc5/source/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/posix_types_x32.h#L15
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc5/source/include/uapi/asm-generic/posix_types.h#L16

Christophe